> Almost every developer I know loves having all their projects and developer communities on discord, and get annoyed when there's one using IRC that we want to

> Almost every developer I know loves having all their projects and developer communities on discord, and get annoyed when there's one using IRC that we want to interact with. Consider that this is likely the result of bias in your social circles. While I have no doubts Discord is currently the most popular, the "almost all" part is the result of bias. For me, it's the opposite, again a result of bias. Regarding practicality, I think Matrix (specifically via Element) is definitely practical today and improving extremely quickly. This holds even more due to the existence of bridges to other protocols, including Discord.